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Granville website getting ADA conversion

GRANVILLE – Town council voted Tuesday to move forward with one project while putting another off until spring. The Department of Justice requires local government websites and mobile apps to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 Level AA standards. Large municipalities serving ...

Fatal construction accident of I-79 remains under investigation

FAIRMONT – Authorities are still sorting through the circumstances of the Tuesday morning construction accident on Interstate 79 that killed Mickey Swisher and left a co-worker in critical condition. Swisher, 30, a union carpenter from Morgantown, was working on the bridge that crosses ...

Bow-WOW! Volunteers bring new life to Stanley’s Spot

MORGANTOWN - The dog days of summer took on a whole new meaning for members of the community service organization Morgantown Forward this year. Since April, the MoFos – that’s what they call themselves – have logged more than 425 volunteer hours teaching the old Stanley’s Spot Dog ...

Mon BOE schools lawmakers on education issues

MORGANTOWN – The world was a different place when Eddie Campbell Jr. walked across the stage at Wheeling Central Catholic High School to take his diploma in 1984. “I know I’m dating myself,” the Monongalia County Schools superintendent said during Tuesday night’s Board of Education ...

Arthurdale Heritage earns national recognition

ARTHURDALE – As far as Elmer Rich was concerned, he had himself a pretty good deal that sunny July afternoon back in 2013. Rich, who was then 94 and a star on the old-time fiddle circuit, had people up on their feet as he sawed out timeless tunes – “Arkansas Traveler,” “Dill Pickle ...

W. Va. company accused of defrauding Dunbar residents

The owners of a West Virginia construction company are accused of not paying back the vast majority of $51,000 they collected for work on a Fayette County kitchen that was never started. Charges were filed Friday in Judge Richard Kasunic’s office against Eric Dalton, 52, of Morgantown, W.Va., and Christopher Collins, 51, of Orlando, Fla. Both are both charged with home improvement fraud, deceptive business practices and theft by deception. Residents at a home in Dunbar Township reported to state police on March 12 that Davis Kitchen and Tile had been scheduled to begin work on their ...